---
category: Layout
created: '2019-11-17'
description: Create a split screen with CSS flexbox
keywords: css flexbox, css layout, css split screen
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/split-screen.png
title: Split screen
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="split-screen">
    <!-- Left content -->
    <div class="split-screen__half">...</div>

    <!-- Right content -->
    <div class="split-screen__half">...</div>
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.split-screen {
    display: flex;
}

.split-screen__half {
    flex: 1;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.circle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 9999px;
    height: var(--circle-size);
    width: var(--circle-size);
}
.circle--sm {
    --circle-size: 0.5rem;
}
.circle--md {
    --circle-size: 1.5rem;
}
.circle--lg {
    --circle-size: 4rem;
}
.lines {
    padding: 0.25rem 0;
    width: 100%;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
}
.line {
    background: #d1d5db;
    height: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
}
.line.line--20 {
    width: 20%;
}
.line.line--40 {
    width: 40%;
}
.line.line--60 {
    width: 60%;
}
.line.line--80 {
    width: 80%;
}
.line.line--100 {
    width: 100%;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    height: 24rem;
}

.split-screen {
    display: flex;

    /* Demo */
    border: 1px solid #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}

.split-screen__half {
    flex: 1;

    /* Demo */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

.split-screen__half:first-child {
    border-right: 1px solid #d1d5db;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="split-screen">
    <div class="split-screen__half">
        <div class="circle circle--md"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="split-screen__half">
        <div class="lines">
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
            <div class="line line--80"></div>
            <div class="line line--40"></div>
            <div class="line line--60"></div>
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
```
</Playground>
